Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
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We’d be very grateful if all SWOAPG Members could complete a short questionnaire to help us plan our future operations: please click here to complete the survey by 30 November – thanks! .Also a final reminder that this year’s SWOAPG AGM will be via video-conference on Thursday 19 Nov at 6.30pm. It would be great … Read more
We’re hoping that representatives of Visit Wales will be able to join us at our AGM on Thursday evening to explain their intentions for future marketing campaigns and funding policies affecting our sector. We will also be introducing our forthcoming membership survey and getting some immediate feedback from you on some important questions that could … Read more
WATO, through Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum, has just launched its latest ‘Outdoor Adventure Activity Barometer Survey’ to enable us to track the ongoing effects of Covid-19 on our sector. We had 67 businesses reply in the first survey and it would be great to have at least that many if not more this round – so … Read more
This year’s SWOAPG AGM will be via video-conference on 19 Nov at 6.30pm. As well as the usual formalities, we’ll have some questions for Members and you may have some for us! It would be great to have a good turnout from the outdoor activity provider sector: please let us know in advance (RSVP using … Read more
Just in case our Members haven’t seen recent information from Welsh Government on funding for businesses affected by Covid-19, here is the latest information we have received from Brecon Beacons Tourism. Although some of it relates specifically to guidance issued by Powys, other Local Authorities should have similar arrangements in place: 1. Economic Reliance Fund … Read more
WATO, through Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum, has just launched its latest ‘Outdoor Adventure Activity Barometer Survey’ to enable us to track the ongoing effects of Covid-19 on our sector. We had 67 businesses reply in the first survey and it would be great to have at least that many if not more this round – so … Read more
The latest issue of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority’s Waterfall Country newsletter is now available:
Many of you will be aware of the campaign to ‘Save Outdoor Education’ as a result of school residential trips still being prohibited by the Government under Covid-19 precautions. WATO has drafted the attached template letter for our Members to use – the more letters that are sent, the more likelihood there is of a … Read more
This year’s SWOAPG AGM will be an online affair via Zoom or Microsoft Teams on 19 Nov, 6.30-8pm – please try to come if you can! more details will appear in due course on our website event listing, where you can also RSVP if you’re planning to join us.
Regrettably, we have taken the decision to postpone the ‘Caving and Covid’ workshop scheduled for 1 Oct, partly to avoid people having to travel from locked-down areas and partly because we still do not understand how Covid-19 behaves in the cave environment. Apologies to those who were hoping to attend. We intend to reschedule this … Read more